Faux Vows, True Desires

On their way back to Ascend Estate, Stefan got a call from Edgar.

Lucinda overheard him telling Edgar, "Give this to Owen and keep a copy for me. I'm going to have it out with Ruby. And also, deliver it to the elders and the wives of the Martinez family."

After hanging up, Lucinda curiously asked him, "What is it?"

He was going to take it to Ruby.

While driving, Stefan responded, "Some stuff Ruby did overseas. I've had people looking into it and gathering intel ever since she got back. Now that we've got everything that we need, it's time to put it to use. Let's just say this will be a real punch in the gut for her."

Before he married Lucinda, people always said that he didn't date or marry anyone because he was waiting for Ruby to come back.

He insisted that he and Ruby weren't what everyone thought, but nobody bought it and thought he was just trying to distract them from the truth.

It seemed people only believed in lies, not the truth.

Since explaining was useless, he stopped bothering about it.

He was a bachelor back then, so a few jokes at his expense didn't matter. He wouldn't go after Ruby just because of that.

But then he married Lucinda, and Ruby came back. She was too cocky, thinking he'd cut her some slack because they knew each other, and dared to mess with Lucinda.

Stefan was going to stick up for his wife. He wouldn't break the law impulsively. He was aiming for the jugular. He'd make Ruby lose everything she cared about, left her with nothing. He'd been preparing for this in the shadows.

"So, Ruby did something overseas that even Owen can't stomach?"

Upon hearing about Ruby, Lucinda's mood seemed to lift a bit.

the Scott family's business already moved overseas, Ruby'll be a fish out of water in Pinehurst.

at her, then back at the road, driving

impact their lives, and even lead to cyberbullying. It's illegal and unethical. She did wrong, but we can't follow suit. Didn't you hear your dad saying he's going to sue her? If we do the same as her, exposing

thought for a moment, then praised her husband, "Stefan, you're the calmest man I've ever known. You're truly deserving of being the

the rest of my life with you, so I have to consider you in everything I

of sweetness as if she'd

could she ask for with a husband

wasn't actually a Moore by blood, something Owen had known for a while, but he never imagined that Lucinda's true identity was so prestigious. She was a miss of the

family's standing in Skywatch. Regardless of the internal stability of the

were many families, billion-dollar families were

deny the fact that the Martinez family hadn't reached the status of

the Anderson

billion-dollar miss, wouldn't her marriage to Stefan be

Keith's identity, Owen had

he felt even

was Lucinda's biological brother. Lucinda had always been doted on by her brothers. Ike spoiled her, and Keith seemed to be

as Owen was still reeling from the recent revelations, his phone

was a call

knowing Megan was

whenever Ruby was upset, Owen would drop everything to comfort her. But not now he was more inclined to

curious, wanting to

wasn't because he missed

still

Scott, I'm

up